Trump's latest float: Major disaster relief changes: From the Politics Desk

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : Trump had said he would impose a 25% tariff on goods from Mexico and Canada on his first day in office.
61% : Plus, "Meet the Press" moderator Kristen Welker examines what Trump has -- and hasn't -- accomplished in his first few days in office.
61% : Trump also said he would try to end birthright citizenship on his first day in office.
58% : In our interview, Trump said he would sign executive orders relating to the southern border, energy and electric vehicles, which he also signed on Monday.
57% : Governors have the ability to declare states of emergency, control and coordinate their emergency management agencies, and deploy state resources such as the National Guard.
52% : In short, Trump could seek support from both chambers for the authority to consolidate, reorganize or eliminate executive branch departments.
47% : There was plenty of other news from Trump and his administration today outside of the president's FEMA remarks.
46% : "I'd like to see the states take care of disasters, let the state take care of the tornadoes and the hurricanes and all of the other things that happen," Trump said.
46% : "What comes next: A White House official tells Peter Alexander that Trump will sign an executive order today that takes a first step toward potentially reshaping the Federal Emergency Management Agency by creating a task force to review it and recommend changes.
42% : Can Trump do that?
39% : It is only when states make a formal request for federal assistance -- or when the situation clearly exceeds state and local capabilities -- that the federal government steps in, and that requires the president to sign a disaster declaration.
39% : Trump also promised a swift end to the war in Ukraine, which continues.
36% : While Trump sees tariffs as a crucial economic tool, he told me in December that he could not guarantee that they won't drive up prices.
36% : Also in December, Trump signaled that he may be redefining his promises of "retribution," telling me that "retribution will be through success" and walking back his pledge to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate former President Joe Biden.
33% : While Trump has been critical of the agency in the past, he went a step further Friday, floating an overhaul -- or the outright elimination -- of FEMA.
33% : And after Trump told me last weekend that he was considering delaying a ban on TikTok, he signed an order on Monday instructing the Justice Department not to enforce the ban for 75 days.
24% : I think, frankly, FEMA is not good," Trump said.
24% : Here are the top lines:Follow live updates →Last month, Donald Trump told me that he wanted to immediately address a range of issues when he took office.
21% : But this week, Trump suggested Biden and those the now-former president pardoned before leaving office should face congressional investigations, telling Fox News, "I went through four years of hell.
18% : Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, a moderate who hasn't been afraid to break with Trump in the past, said she heard "disappointing reports on how FEMA operated" in recent natural disasters and that additional oversight and hearings would be warranted.

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